I have been following this discussion with some interest. Good DBAs are a piece of research which should add to the knowledge of the sites held in the HER as they should include all the research for desk based enhancement of an area that busy HEROs just don’t have the time to do. Those that just repeat what's already in the HER aren't a DBA they are merely the results of an HER enquiry repackaged. There is an IfA Standard for DBAs http://www.archaeologists.net/sites/default/files/node-files/DBA2012-New_Format.pdf
Sources or Events, I'd say both. Just as with a piece of fieldwork the result is a grey literature report, with a DBA a piece of research leads to a grey literature report, the research is the event the report is the source.
Martin
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Subject: [HERFORUM] DBA's and HERs
Hi,
Here at West Yorkshire we are looking at the way which we record desk-based assessments on the HER database. We feel that it is not advantageous to create a record which just recycles the findings of a DBA and in some cases is just a list of sites recorded on the HER. How do others deal with the recording of DBA's on the HER?
Many Thanks
Jason
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